The Great Lakes Protection Initiative

Through the Great Lakes Protection Initiative, the Government of Canada takes action to address the most significant environmental challenges affecting Great Lakes water quality and ecosystem health by delivering on Canada’s commitments under the Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.

 The goal of the Great Lakes Protection Initiative (GLPI) is to target the most significant environmental challenges affecting Great Lakes water quality and ecosystem health by delivering on Canada’s commitments under the Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). The Initiative focuses on eight priority areas for action:

• working with others to protect the Great Lakes
• restoring Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOCs)
• preventing toxic and nuisance algae
• assessing and enhancing the resilience of Great Lakes coastal wetlands
• evaluating and identifying at risk nearshore waters
• reducing releases of harmful chemicals
• engaging Indigenous Peoples in addressing Great Lakes issues
• increasing public engagement through citizen science

To assist in achieving this goal, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) supports action by others to:

• restore AOCs: Supporting action at the local level to restore water quality and aquatic ecosystem health by implementing projects identified in AOC Remedial Action Plans (RAPs)
• prevent toxic and nuisance algae: Increasing participation in the application of phosphorus load reduction measures by demonstrating innovative approaches and best practices and promoting broad uptake and application
• reduce releases of harmful chemicals: Increasing participation in the application of beyond-compliance measures to reduce releases of chemicals of mutual concern by developing, implementing, assessing and promoting use of innovative approaches
• engage Indigenous Peoples in addressing Great Lakes issues: Enhancing Indigenous capacity to address Great Lakes issues through projects that engage Indigenous peoples at the community level
• increase public engagement through citizen science:  Enhancing Canadians’ knowledge of and engagement in addressing Great Lakes issues through participation in citizen science

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